The Institute now wants an investigation launched to determine whether Tudor has violated the law on hate speech, as well as a formal probe into why Realitatea TV gave Tudor a platform for expressing Holocaust denial.

Some members of the European Parliament are now calling for his resignation.

A similar incident with Romanian politician Dan Sova occurred in March, when he stated that during the Holocaust, “no Jew suffered on Romanian territory,” adding, “only 24 Romanian citizens of Jewish descent were killed” and this act was “carried out by German soldiers. Romanian soldiers were not involved in the action. This is a historical fact.” He later retracted his statements and is now the Romanian Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.